SpecWar Unit Life
EPISODE 8
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WELCOME ANOTHER Info-packed EPISODE OF THE ONES READY PODCAST! ON THIS ONE THE GUYS TALK ABOUT WHAT LIFE IS LIKE AT THE UNIT AFTER YOU GET ON TEAM
The Ones Ready Team will talk about what daily life is like on Team while at your home station. This is where you will learn that the pipeline sets the foundation for the rest of your career. You will be expected to maintain standards, apply new training, and find a work life balance.
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[Peaches] Yeah, I need to recover from Christmas a little bit and then I plan to go on and get something. While you guys are online, if you don't mind going over to YouTube, checking us out, leaving us a comment, subscribing if you're on iTunes or Spotify as your jam, go over there, subscribe and leave a review if you can. So we'll jump right into it. And then, so in Garrison life, and if you're not familiar with the term Garrison, Garrison is the term that military uses for when they're back at their home station and not TDY or temporary duty or deployed. So when we say Garrison, that's what we mean. A lot of questions that we have been getting is, Hey, if you're not doing all this stuff, you know downrange or doing missions, what are you actually doing day to day? Which is a good question and it's one that we get a lot. So what you're doing on a daily basis is going to depend on what location you are stationed at. You know, if you're up in Washington state, you're going to be doing more cold weather stuff because it's cold. If you're in Texas or you're in North Carolina or if you're in Florida and you have the AC on, on Christmas day, you're going to be doing maybe more water stuff, you know, and it's not like I've got mountains around here either. Trent, we'll start with you just as a Special Reconnaissance dude. What is your daily life like in Garrison?
SR Unit Life
Showtimes 0630-0730
PT for 2 hours
Train: SUAS, Weapons, Comms, Employment, Formal Schools
Plan more training. Prep for deployment.
PJ Unit Life
No 2 days are the same.
Sometimes you have to buckle down and do some Computer Based Training.
2 hour workout in the morning, start the day at 0900.
Lots of Pararescue specific training: Medical scenarios, helo work, disaster relief, ropes, boats.
Area of Operations specific training: Africa, Middle East, South America etc.
The list of things we have to be good at is long so constant training is a must.
CCT Unit Life
0700-0900 PT
No excuses to not be fit
Combat tops expose the pudge
Bag of Burgers
Interesting story about a giant Combat Controller who orders burgers a bag at a time.
Training trips for diving and jumping can be fun, but there is always a “suck” factor.
Work-Life Balance
Maintaining a sustainable work life balance is not only critical for your home life, but also for team success.
RECAP
[Peaches] We're not made to be indoors, man. Yeah, we've got to be outside. I don't have any windows where I work right now. Right now where I work. So awesome. Well, if you guys don't have anything else? We've given you guys a kind of a snapshot of what a day in life is like in Garrison at a Special Tactics Squadron or a Rescue Squadron, whether you're a Special Reconnaissance dude, PJ, or a CCT, and that's just because what is represented right now. But the TACPs are very similar to that as well. So again, just a snapshot. It changes depending on your location of what unit you're assigned, what leadership you happen to have, or maybe you're in that leadership position that you can then affect any kind of change that you want to then run your team or run your squadron. So keep that in mind. I hope this has answered all of your questions. Please go to YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any of your desire, podcasts, media modalities or whatever you want to call it. Subscribe, leave us a review and we truly appreciate you listening. So we're out here.
TLDR: No 2 days are the same. Stay in shape. Keep training. Maintain balance.
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